PITTSFORD, NY – Graduate student Sabrina Wolfe hit a short jumper in the paint as time expired to lift the Nazareth College Women's Basketball team to a 70-68 victory over Hartwick in the semifinal round of the Empire 8 Tournament Friday night at St. John Fisher.

The Golden Flyers (17-8) advance to face St. John Fisher (24-2) at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Empire 8 Tournament Championship game at St. John Fisher. The Cardinals came from behind to down Russell Sage 69-59 in the other semifinal game.

Nazareth held a late lead but a 3-pointer by Hartwick (18-7) with 14.1 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter tied the game at 68-68.

After a Nazareth timeout, senior Jadyn Abrams tossed an inbounds pass to Miyah Sizer who then found Wolfe near the 3-point line. Wolfe made a move to the middle of the court and dribbled into the lane before taking a jumper from 10 feet out that bounced off the rim and in as time expired for the game-winning basket.

Wolfe finished with a team-leading 19 points and Abrams added 18. Wolfe scored eight points and Abrams seven points in the final quarter. Nazareth built a lead of six points late in the period as senior Caley Cornwell hit a layup to give the Golden Flyers a 66-60 edge.

A three-point play for the Hawks trimmed the lead in half but senior Kim Davis scored with 36 seconds left to put Nazareth up 68-63. Hartwick answered with a layup and then after a Nazareth turnover, hit the 3-pointer to knot the game at 68-68.

Nazareth led 15-12 after the first quarter as Wolfe led the way with six early points and the Golden Flyers took a slim 29-27 lead into the halftime intermission. At the break Sizer led Nazareth with nine points and Wolfe had eight.

In the third quarter Hartwick surged ahead and led by as many as eight but a 3-pointer by Abrams and a layup by freshman Madilann Johnson as the buzzer sounded tied the game at 46-46 as the quarter ended.

Sizer finished with 11 points and Cornwell added nine while Davis grabbed a team-leading 12 rebounds and added four blocked shots. Wolfe had five assists and Sizer added four assists and three steals.